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How to block incoming connections from one IP address?

I have found out that one IP address is trying to RDP to a machine. I would now like to get XP to block all incoming connections from this IP address, and I am finding it very frustrating how ...
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View I.P. Address of a connected remote user

This might be hard to explain so I'm going to try my best here... I have a computer that connects through a VPN tunnel and then uses remote desktop to gain access to another computer. I can go in ...
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Should I use VPN to Remote Desktop from outside my home?

I want to access my home computer from my work. Should I use a VPN network setup and make a RDP connection then? Or is it possible to use RDP by typing in my ip-address without VPN?
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Do you get given your own IP address on dialup?

Do you get given your own IP address on dialup? I am trying to test remote connections from outside my LAN. Will I be given an IP address that I can use for remote desktop and assistance?
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How does Windows Remote Desktop Connection know which computer to connect to?

How does Windows Remote Desktop connection work? An IP address is used to connect to the computer but....how can that IP be accessed from anywhere? If, for example, the IP address is 192.168.1.55, ...
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Configuring static IP address for using remote desktop

I dont know whether this is right place to ask my question or not. I have a static IP address provided by my ISP. I have three machines at my home. What I want is to access one of my machine having ...